2021 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS REPORT | Cummins Inc. CUMMINS TEC BY THE NUMBERS 38 He is thankful for his time in the Cummins TEC program and the connections he’s made with former classmates. “Some friends are working as technicians, some continued their education and are engineers, and some decided that being a technician was not their path. Most have related jobs now, largely due to the technical and soft skills we learned in the (TEC) program.” Cummins TEC increased its reach in the U.S. in 2021, launching new programs at two schools in Nashville, Tennessee, one of which is the first post-secondary school in the U.S. to implement a Cummins TEC program. Expanding Cummins TEC into these locations aims to improve pathways for Black students into prosperous careers. This goal links the program to CARE: Cummins Advocating for Racial Equity, a U.S. strategic community initiative focused on dismantling institutional racism and creating systemic equity launched in 2020. Together, these two Cummins initiatives seek to strengthen programs available to people of color and provide the skills needed to compete in the workforce. female. The company aspired to reach a goal of 8% female enrollment in TEC schools last year. To date, 2,713 young men and women have graduated from the program, with a total graduation rate of 78%. One such success story is Mert Karakus. He attended the first Cummins TEC cohort at Ege University in Izmir, Turkey, focusing on the mechatronics curricula and studying English. After graduation, he joined aerospace company Fokker in Turkey, eventually transferring to Toronto where he manufactures and supplies wiring harnesses for a variety of aircraft programs, specializing in Airbus harnesses. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES THROUGH VOCATIONAL EDUCATION To augment the company’s employee-led engagement and grantmaking, Cummins also focuses its resources and skills on addressing large global problems in its communities. In 2012, the company launched its first global strategic initiative called Cummins TEC: Technical Education for Communities, which seeks to transform lives through career technical vocational education by training disadvantaged youth in employable skills to gain good jobs. The program currently has 25 school programs in 12 countries around the world. 2021 saw the highest enrollment numbers since the program started, with more than 1,200 students enrolling around the world. Cummins TEC has now enrolled more than 6,100 students, 11% of whom are COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT // STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 2,713 Total Cummins TEC graduates. TWENTY-FIVE Number of locations with Cummins TEC programs in 12 countries around the world. 11 Percentage of TEC students who are female 754 Cummins TEC graduates in 2021. Mert Karakus